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    "id": 1081708,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1081708/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13373,
        "legal_name": "Owen Yaa Baya",
        "slug": "owen-yaa-baya"
    },
    "content": "I would like to make another contribution on funding. The blood services that we have currently lack adequate funding. Because of that, they do not have enough vehicles to collect blood. When I was in the university, my duty was to donate blood every year. When I was in high school, one of my duties was to donate blood. However, you need transport facilities. You need logistics and packets to put blood. There are many Kenyans who are willing to donate blood. However, the logistics of blood donations are missing because there is no enough funding. As Parliament, we should appropriate funds for blood transfusion and donation because they are important. Therefore, let us allocate enough money. The Principal Secretary (PS) allocates the funds and he can even remove them. So, you are told to bring five people to donate blood. You have to look for them. They tell you to give them Kshs5,000 for one pint of blood. However, this is a poor person who cannot afford medical services in a small private hospital. He has to pay Kshs30,000 to buy blood from people. If blood donation service goes on in this country, I am sure the cost of blood for families will go down. Therefore, people will be safe because of the availability of adequate blood."
}